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• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  in relation to: the supply of medical devices that are not on the Therapeutic Goods Register; the listing of export-only variations of certain medicines already on the register; permissible ingredients for inclusion in medicines; information that may be considered by the minister when reviewing initial decisions; and the secretary’s information gathering powers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Airport Development Ombudsman Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  JACKSON, Sharryn, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes and provides for the functions and powers of an Airport Development Ombudsman; and amends the

  Airports Act 1996

  ,

  Air Services Act 1995

  ,

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  and

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Public Health and Safety) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HARTSUYKER, Luke, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: provide that the minister must consider public health and safety concerns when requesting further information or giving approval for a controlled action; and enable the minister to give an emergency approval in such circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Imported Food Control Amendment (Bovine Meat) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  OAKESHOTT, Rob, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Imported Food Control Act 1992

  to: require the packaging of any imported bovine product to display the country of origin and the last recorded date of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) in that country; and provide that a food control certificate cannot be issued for an imported bovine meat product unless the country of origin has cattle identification and tracing systems for bovine meat products exported to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ombudsman Amendment (Education Ombudsman) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to establish the Education Ombudsman as a separate office within the office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman to deal with complaints about the domestic and international education sector; and

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COLBECK, Sen Richard
  JOYCE, Sen Barnaby 

  Summary

  The bill requires: that bovine meat and meat products must meet certain assessment processes before being imported into Australia; and the minister to determine a country of origin labelling standard for those products. 

  Bill

• National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  The bill: enables a site to be nominated as the location to establish a facility to manage radioactive waste arising from medical, industrial and research uses of radioactive material; repeals the

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  ; and makes a consequential amendment to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy—Electricity (Water Heaters and Phantom Certificates) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  The bill: requires the minister to develop a scheme to support solar hot water systems and heat pump hot water systems by 1 July 2011; requires the minister to ensure the phasing-out of electric resistance water heaters by 30 June 2012; and amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to require that the number of renewable energy certificates (RECs) created by solar hot water systems, heat pump hot water systems and ‘phantom RECs’ must be added to the subsequent year’s renewable energy target. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Scholarship Payments) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide for a start-up scholarship and a relocation scholarship (both to be indexed from 2011); and exempt (to an indexed threshold) merit and equity based scholarships from the income test under social security and veterans’ entitlements legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SCULLION, Sen Nigel 

  Summary

  Provides that the development or use of native title land in a wild river area cannot be regulated under the

  Wild Rivers Act 2005

  (Qld) without the agreement of the Indigenous traditional owners of that land. 

  Bill